GEMA Grand Rounds: The Role of Emergency Care Systems in Outbreak Response
Rwanda's Marburg virus outbreak response demonstrates how a strengthened emergency care system, rapid multidisciplinary coordination, and evidence-based interventions like dissemination of remdesivir PEP and monoclonal antibodies can drive case fatality down from 90% to 23%. This webinar, the inaugural Global Emergency Medicine Academy (GEMA) Grand Rounds, goes beyond clinical and operational lessons and discusses the story of resilience and ethical leadership, while offering a blueprint for building emergency care systems ready to meet future epidemics.
Objectives
By the end of this webinar, viewers will be able to:
- Identify how rapid response, multidisciplinary coordination, and frontline leadership improved Rwanda's Marburg Virus Outbreak Response in 2004.
- Describe how evidence-based interventions (remdesivir PEP, experimental vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, advanced intensive care) protected healthcare workers and reduced case fatality.
- Recognize how resilience and ethical leadership are fundamental in building emergency care systems capable of responding to future epidemics.